Fresh energy

Wind that adds up – Ecotricity

Time to log the carbon

Papermakers come clean on carbon

Mobile money

The ‘unbankable’ get mobile money – Vodafone

State of awareness

Weekly updates keep Victoria alert to its carbon

PC prediction

Climate model for Britain runs on power of joined-up home computers

Carrots and sticks

Parking permits enter the green debate – Energy Saving Trust

Designer goods

Through young designers’ eyes

Writ Large

Educating an industry - Beacon Press

Five years on

In our regular critical review, we revisit stories we identified as interesting back in 2001.

The future’s green, the future’s... Welsh?

Julian Rollins unpacks Wales’s sustainability experiment.

Energy revolution

Power generation inside the factory fence - Ecotricity

Fishing for the future

Roaming rights

Not quite freedom of the hillside? Not much downside either, says Julian Rollins.

A battery to catch the wind

Offshore electricity to be ‘stored’ in energy island How can offshore wind generation still deliver on wind-free days?

The answer, according to a group of Dutch businesses led by energy consulting firm KEMA, is a battery in the form of a man-made island close to four miles long and 2.5 miles across.

When the bills bite

Thrift’s big comeback is heating up the world of energy saving - ENERGY SAVINGS TRUST

Dawn of the digital away day

Natural England pioneers carbon-light conferencing

Is the vast conference hall on track to become an endangered species? Possibly, if other organisations follow the lead of Natural England, which set out to halve the carbon footprint of its annual staff meetings this year.

Who’s on message?

Reporting awards encourage focus on sustainability – not just CSR

BT’s 2007 sustainability report has been judged Britain’s best, and Unilever’s is runner-up. But the judges of accountancy organisation ACCA’s annual awards were disappointed to find that most of the contenders were still stuck in the language – and mindset – of ‘corporate social responsibility’ rather than ‘sustainability’.

Sun down under

Outback town plans world first in solar power

The Queensland town of Cloncurry is aiming to transform itself into the world’s first fully solar-powered community. The centrepiece of the plan will be a 10MW solar thermal power tower, generating around 30 million kilowatt-hours of electricity each year.

Cadbury boost for producers?

Partnership approach backs cocoa farmers in sustainability drive

Our love affair with chocolate would have a pretty flaky future, if growers couldn’t make a livelihood out of the beans.

Rural renaissance

Village pioneers are finding positive answers for low-carbon local development. Now the government needs to get on track. - The Commission for Rural Communities

When fuel grows on trees

How good old wood can help Yorkshire cut its carbon and boost its economy. - YORKSHIRE FORWARD

Just a generation ago Dearne Valley, on the outskirts of Barnsley, was a post-industrial wasteland. Today, the coal industry has been replaced by newer, cleaner businesses, and at its heart a derelict marshland has been transformed into an RSPB wetland reserve.

Tradition with a new face

A wind-powered Aga… whatever next?

Coalbrookdale in Telford, Shropshire, has a record when it comes to innovation. It’s where the 18th-century ironmaster Abraham Darby first tried using coke instead of charcoal to make cast iron. - AGA Foodservices Group

Leaders and laggards

Businesses “must try harder” on sustainability and climate change, reports say

Leader businesses may be vying with one another to seize the opportunities of the sustainability agenda – but much of the business world is still in a state of doubt and confusion about it.

Wight turns to tide

'Eco Island’ plan combines carbon cuts with biodiesel, biogas and tidal turbines

Plans to harness the power of the tides are at the heart of an ambitious project to make the Isle of Wight carbon neutral within 15 years.

Opening the pensions book

Friends Provident top of new ethical rating

Britain’s biggest fund management groups vary hugely in the degree to which they keep their customers informed about the environmental and social impacts of their investments. That’s the conclusion of a study by the campaign group FairPensions.

A breath of fresh air

Coming soon, London’s ‘Low Emission Zone’ is set to clean up the capital. - TFL

Hard Rain

Setting Bob Dylan’s words to pictures is a powerful combination. Even more so when the book’s printed in the right way. - BEACON PRESS

20 years of progress, or….?

UNEP charts performance since ‘first sustainability report’

Twenty years ago, the Brundtland Commission published Our Common Future – widely seen as the launch of the modern sustainability debate. It called for sweeping, urgent changes to safeguard that future. So have we done what’s required?

Feeling the heat

Caterers are the latest to come under pressure to cut carbon. That means big changes in the kitchen, reports Julian Rollins. - Aga Foodservices Group

Electric green energy

It’s time for energy suppliers to put their money where their mouths are, and invest in new wind power, says Dale Vince. - Ecotricity